Demings, a former police chief, said Rubio failed to keep his word with Florida and had done nothing to address gun violence.
in North Carolina involved a suspected gunman who was 15, asking,"Where did he get the gun? He didn't get it from a gun show."a gay nightclub in Orlando. Rubio said that the shooter in the attack, who killed 49 people while wielding a military-style rifle, was a licensed security guard who had passed a background check needed to carry firearms.
Rubio said the Parkland shooter was known as being troubled in his community and law enforcement had failed to intervene earlier. He added that the way to stop shootings is"to identify these people that are acting this way and stop it." "The fundamental issue is, why are these kids—why are these people—going out and massacring people?" he said.Department and represents a district that includes Pulse, responded incredulously.
"People who are families of victims of gun violence just heard that and they're asking themselves, 'What in the hell did he just say?'" said Demings. Demings said Rubio hadn't kept his word while doing"nothing to help address gun violence and get dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people." She added that Florida had raised the minimum age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21 and enacted a"red flag law," which allow courts to seize someone's firearms if they are determined to be a threat to themselves or others.
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